John Lee, the Hong Kong government's former No. 2, officially submitted Wednesday his bid to become the city's next leader with nominations from a majority of the total voters, making him the clear frontrunner in the election slated for May 8.Lee, a security hard-liner widely seen as the only candidate favored by the mainland government, has received 786 nominations from 1,454 members of the Election Committee, tasked with selecting the city's chief executive in the upcoming election, according to local media reports.No one else has formally entered the race. The powerful committee mainly c…READ FULL ARTICLE
